Hermann patjtze



H. PAUTZE.

Locxsn Fon TICKETS IN TICKET SELLING IIooIasy orl RAILWAY sT/ITIoNs.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-18| i920.

yPatenteIlAllg. 16,1921.

//f/w/ 4 a a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMANN PAUTZE, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

LOCKER FOR TICKETS IN TICKET-SELLING ROOMS 0F RAILWAY-STATIONS.

T 0 all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, HERMANN PAUTZE, a citizen of the German Republic,and residing at Berlin-N., Germany, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Lockers for Tickets in Ticket-Selling Rooms ofRailway-Stations, of which the following is a specification.

In ticket selling rooms in railway stations, when the functionariesrelieve each other, it is necessary that each functionary has his ownlocker in which the tickets under his control are stored and which canbe locked by the functionary relieved.

To place a plurality of stationary lockers beside each other would taketoo much room. Besides, it is essent-ial that the locker in use isalways loca-ted in nearest proximity to the window where the tickets areto be sold to the public.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improvedarrangement by which the single lockers are assembled on a comparativelysmall space, while they can be put in their position of use by a rathersimple manipulation only.

The accompanying drawing shows the improved arrangement in Figures l and2 in two different front views, that is for the subsequent use of twofunctionaries.

The improved arrangement comprises two stationary open shelves a and beach located on a drawer c, d respectively and on the side walls of theticket selling room directly beside the window at which the tickets areto be sold. TheI drawers c, (l serve for storing spare-tickets therein.Above said shelves, two rails e are provided, on which runs a truck f.From the latter, a twopart shelf al, b1 is suspended of which theopenings are directed toward the shelves a., b respectively, while thetwo parts are separated from one another by a middle partition.

The shelves a` and 0.1, with the two-part shelf a1, b1 in the positionshown in Fig. l,A

are for the disposal of one functionary, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16', 1921.

Application lefl September 18, 1920. Serial No. 411,342.

shelf b being then in locking connection with the right-hand part b1 ofsaid two-part shelf, whereby the tickets therein are locked there- 1n.The locking may be effected in any appropriate manner by means of asimple padlock, of which the key is in possession of the otherfunctionary. The service of one fnnctionary being terminated, thepadlock is unlocked by the other functionary, and the -doublcpart shelfal, b1 is shifted to the left upon the open side of the shelf a, thelatter being then locked with the two-part shelf by the firstfunctionary by means of another padlock, and the contents of the shelvesb1, b being then for the disposal of the other func tionary now atservice.

Evidently, for a daily service with three or four funetionariesrelieving each other, a second or third doubleshelf (al, b1) may besuspended each from a separate truck running on said rails e.

Instead of moving the shelves toward one another, a lateral displacementmay be provided.

The open fronts of the single shelves may, besides, be locked each by ashutter or the like.

lVhat I claim. is

A locker for ticket selling rooms of railway stations, comprising, incombination,

two stationary shelves with their open fronts directed toward oneanother, a two-part shelf with a. middle partit-ion having its opensides directed toward said stationary shelves and movable between andupon the latter, and

means to lock said two-part shelf with either 4 of said stationaryshelves, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HERMANN PAUTZE.

Witnesses FRANZ MLLER, HANS KLUGE.

